diff --git a/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/python/ActsTrkSeedingToolConfig.py b/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/python/ActsTrkSeedingToolConfig.py
index a6a2dcd16ec2967bda855df57250010609cec798..b7dfdbc022e794697970e468dd64bd5a5853d50d 100644
--- a/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/python/ActsTrkSeedingToolConfig.py
+++ b/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/python/ActsTrkSeedingToolConfig.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ from ActsInterop.ActsConfigFlags import SeedingStrategy
 def ActsTrkITkPixelSeedingToolCfg(flags,
                                   **kwargs) -> ComponentAccumulator:
     acc = ComponentAccumulator()
-    ## For ITkPixel, use default values for ActsTrk::SeedingTool
+    ## For ITkPixel
+    kwargs.setdefault("numSeedIncrement" , float("inf"))
+    kwargs.setdefault("deltaZMax" , float("inf"))
+    kwargs.setdefault("maxPtScattering", float("inf"))
     acc.setPrivateTools(CompFactory.ActsTrk.SeedingTool(name = "ActsSeedingTool_ITkPixel", **kwargs))
     return acc
 
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ def ActsTrkITkStripSeedingToolCfg(flags,
     kwargs.setdefault("deltaRMiddleMinSPRange" , 30 * UnitConstants.mm)
     kwargs.setdefault("deltaRMiddleMaxSPRange" , 150 * UnitConstants.mm)
     kwargs.setdefault("useDetailedDoubleMeasurementInfo" , True)
+    kwargs.setdefault("maxPtScattering", float("inf"))
     # For SeedFilterConfig
     kwargs.setdefault("useDeltaRorTopRadius" , False)
     kwargs.setdefault("seedConfirmationInFilter" , False)
@@ -41,8 +45,8 @@ def ActsTrkITkStripSeedingToolCfg(flags,
     kwargs.setdefault("compatSeedLimit" , 4)
     kwargs.setdefault("numSeedIncrement" , 1.)
     kwargs.setdefault("seedWeightIncrement" , 10100.)
-    kwargs.setdefault("maxSeedsPerSpMConf" , 10e6)
-    kwargs.setdefault("maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf" , 10e6)
+    kwargs.setdefault("maxSeedsPerSpMConf" , 100)
+    kwargs.setdefault("maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf" , 100)
     # For seeding algorithm
     kwargs.setdefault("zBinNeighborsBottom" , [(0,1),(0,1),(0,1),(0,2),(0,1),(0,0),(-1,0),(-2,0),(-1,0),(-1,0),(-1,0)])
 
@@ -66,7 +70,6 @@ def ActsTrkITkStripOrthogonalSeedingToolCfg(flags,
     kwargs.setdefault("deltaRMaxTopSP" , 300. * UnitConstants.mm)
     kwargs.setdefault("deltaRMinBottomSP" , 20. * UnitConstants.mm)
     kwargs.setdefault("deltaRMaxBottomSP" , 300. * UnitConstants.mm)
-    kwargs.setdefault("maxSeedsPerSpMConf" , 10e6)
     kwargs.setdefault("deltaZMax" , 900. * UnitConstants.mm)
     kwargs.setdefault("interactionPointCut" , False)
     kwargs.setdefault("skipPreviousTopSP", False)
@@ -75,8 +78,8 @@ def ActsTrkITkStripOrthogonalSeedingToolCfg(flags,
     kwargs.setdefault("seedWeightIncrement" , 10100.)
     kwargs.setdefault("numSeedIncrement" , 1.)
     kwargs.setdefault("seedConfirmationInFilter" , False)
-    kwargs.setdefault("maxSeedsPerSpMConf" , 10e6)
-    kwargs.setdefault("maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf" , 10e6)
+    kwargs.setdefault("maxSeedsPerSpMConf" , 100)
+    kwargs.setdefault("maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf" , 100)
     kwargs.setdefault("useDeltaRorTopRadius" , False)
     kwargs.setdefault("rMinMiddle", 33. * UnitConstants.mm)
     kwargs.setdefault("rMaxMiddle", 1200. * UnitConstants.mm)
diff --git a/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.cxx b/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.cxx
index 4302f3b82cf8e6233499e3aed31c55ee67593a93..8fd2fc9f85d24a41c6887551efac17585b702069 100644
--- a/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.cxx
+++ b/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.cxx
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ namespace ActsTrk {
     filterCfg.centralSeedConfirmationRange = m_finderCfg.centralSeedConfirmationRange;
     filterCfg.forwardSeedConfirmationRange = m_finderCfg.forwardSeedConfirmationRange;
     filterCfg.impactWeightFactor = m_impactWeightFactor;
+    filterCfg.zOriginWeightFactor = m_zOriginWeightFactor;
     filterCfg.compatSeedWeight = m_compatSeedWeight;
     filterCfg.compatSeedLimit = m_compatSeedLimit;
     filterCfg.seedWeightIncrement = m_seedWeightIncrement;
diff --git a/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.h b/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.h
index 5d38824321d3ffa9844a6c4513647100053c6f60..e715cdb2da072ee60ebce7ce4e870debdb6d4129 100644
--- a/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.h
+++ b/Tracking/Acts/ActsTrkTools/ActsTrkSeedingTool/src/SeedingTool.h
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ namespace ActsTrk {
       {1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 10, 9, 8, 6, 5, 7} , "defines order of z bins for looping"};
     Gaudi::Property< bool > m_useVariableMiddleSPRange {this, "useVariableMiddleSPRange", true,
       "Enable variable range to search for middle SPs"};
-    Gaudi::Property< std::vector<std::vector<double>> > m_rRangeMiddleSP {this, "rRangeMiddleSP", {}, "radial range for middle SP"};
+    Gaudi::Property< std::vector<std::vector<double>> > m_rRangeMiddleSP {this, "rRangeMiddleSP", 
+      {{40.0, 90.0}, {40.0, 200.0}, {46.0, 200.0}, {46.0, 200.0}, {46.0, 250.0}, {46.0, 250.0}, {46.0, 250.0}, {46.0, 200.0}, {46.0, 200.0}, {40.0, 200.0}, {40.0, 90.0}}, 
+      "radial range for middle SP"};
     Gaudi::Property< float > m_deltaRMiddleMinSPRange {this, "deltaRMiddleMinSPRange", 10.,
       "delta R for middle SP range (min)"};
     Gaudi::Property< float > m_deltaRMiddleMaxSPRange {this, "deltaRMiddleMaxSPRange", 10.,
@@ -202,9 +204,9 @@ namespace ActsTrk {
 
     Gaudi::Property<float> m_toleranceParam {this, "toleranceParam", 1.1 * Acts::UnitConstants::mm, 
       "tolerance parameter used to check the compatibility of SPs coordinates in xyz"};
-    Gaudi::Property<float> m_phiMin {this, "phiMin", - M_PI, ""};
-    Gaudi::Property<float> m_phiMax {this, "phiMax", M_PI, ""};
-    Gaudi::Property<float> m_rMin {this, "rMin", 33 * Acts::UnitConstants::mm, ""};    
+    Gaudi::Property<float> m_phiMin {this, "phiMin", 0, ""};
+    Gaudi::Property<float> m_phiMax {this, "phiMax", 2 * M_PI, ""};
+    Gaudi::Property<float> m_rMin {this, "rMin", 0 * Acts::UnitConstants::mm, ""};    
     Gaudi::Property<float> m_zAlign {this, "zAlign", 0 * Acts::UnitConstants::mm, ""};
     Gaudi::Property<float> m_rAlign {this, "rAlign", 0 * Acts::UnitConstants::mm, ""};
     Gaudi::Property<float> m_sigmaError {this, "sigmaError", 5, ""};
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ namespace ActsTrk {
     // Properties to set SeedFilterConfig
     Gaudi::Property< float > m_impactWeightFactor {this, "impactWeightFactor", 100.,
       "the impact parameters (d0) is multiplied by this factor and subtracted from weight"};
+    Gaudi::Property< float > m_zOriginWeightFactor {this, "zOriginWeightFactor", 1.};
     Gaudi::Property< float > m_compatSeedWeight {this, "compatSeedWeight", 100.,
       "seed weight increased by this value if a compatible seed has been found"};
     Gaudi::Property< std::size_t > m_compatSeedLimit {this, "compatSeedLimit", 3,
@@ -224,9 +227,9 @@ namespace ActsTrk {
       "sort seed vectors by curvature"};
     Gaudi::Property< bool > m_seedConfirmationInFilter {this, "seedConfirmationInFilter", true,
       "run seed confirmation"};
-    Gaudi::Property< int > m_maxSeedsPerSpMConf {this, "maxSeedsPerSpMConf", 5,
+    Gaudi::Property< std::size_t > m_maxSeedsPerSpMConf {this, "maxSeedsPerSpMConf", 5,
       "Maximum number of lower quality seeds in seed confirmation."};
-    Gaudi::Property< int > m_maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf {this, "maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf", 5,
+    Gaudi::Property< std::size_t > m_maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf {this, "maxQualitySeedsPerSpMConf", 5,
       "Maximum number of quality seeds for each middle-bottom SP-duplet in seed confirmation."};
     Gaudi::Property< bool > m_useDeltaRorTopRadius {this, "useDeltaRorTopRadius", true,
       "use deltaR (top radius - middle radius) instead of top radius"};